Nigeria: Exposed! How Pharmaceutical Companies Aid Abuse of Codeine in Nigeria

An undercover investigation conducted by Africa Eye - a new TV investigations documentary strand from the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has revealed how leakages in the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry's regulatory system is aiding the plague of addiction to cough syrup across Nigeria.

The exclusive undercover investigation, co-produced with BBC Pidgin, reveals how highly placed officials of pharmaceutical companies illegally supply codeine syrup products from their factories to drug dealers who in turn sell the dangerously addictive, sweet-tasting mixtures to addicts.

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